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Steve Reich- Music For 18 Musicians
 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-01-20 15:21 [#01042018]
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I just got this cd... listening now...

very beautiful so far!

its amazing... the way he orchestrated this, makes acoustic
instruments sound like synths almost. lots of rich overtones
etc, make it sound pad like

awesomeness!


 

offline aquinas on 2004-01-20 15:33 [#01042036]
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As I said at watmm, it's my favourite piece of music. So
beautiful and powerful. I've never heard anything more
amazing than Music For 18 Musicians, and I doubt I ever
will.


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2004-01-20 15:35 [#01042039]
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then you should listen to Three Tales, his last album.
a masterpiece !


 

offline fat kaimo from Finland on 2004-01-20 15:38 [#01042046]
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i like Reich's minimalism in this piece very much, but it's
the only one that have impressed me...

his newer stuff (90´s? city life?) seemed pretty lacking in
taste. (= cheesy traffic noises played on keyboard sampler
etc...)


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2004-01-20 15:39 [#01042051]
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forget Reich, i am the best


 

offline aquinas on 2004-01-20 15:53 [#01042075]
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Yeah, City Life was mediocre.


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2004-01-20 17:01 [#01042120]
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"city life" is not one of my favorites either, but he has
many other fantastic works. "tehillim," "eight lines," "six
marimbas," "music for large ensemble" are some favorites
that come to mind.

"music for eighteen musicians" is one of my all time
favorites. he performed it live with bang on a can within a
ten minute walk of my apartment, but i only heard about it
until after the performance.

unfortunately i haven't been able to hear his most recent
recording.


 

offline aquinas on 2004-01-20 17:22 [#01042140]
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Tehillim is pretty sweet. The Desert Music and Different
Trains are also up there.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-01-20 18:29 [#01042235]
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damn, im listening to it again, this is fuuucking
amazingggg!


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-01-20 18:46 [#01042259]
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Yes- I reckon his stuff is the first to have the composition
style of what has become"electronica", before synths were
commonplace. I think the reedy quality of the instruments
makes them sounds like synths.

He's also one of the few people IMO that can make heavy use
of marimbas without it sounding like some cheesy "world
music" cliche.


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-12 04:11 [#01069355]
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wow! i got this yesterday and i'm lovin' it!

i already had city life/eight lines and variations, but i
think this beats'em both,

the woman in the store was all enthusiastic about me buying
it, she loved it herself too, but, she told me, she couldn't
play it in the store 'cause customers would complain that
it'd make them nervous :)


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-12 05:24 [#01069407]
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I love City Life.

beats music for 18 musicians, I think. it has more edge.

I love his use of samples, not cheesy at all. he treats them
as what they are - samples, does not try to hide this fact.
also, the samples are seen as an instrument of their own,
not some kind of support for the "real" instruments.


 


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